12 13 october 2019 · 10/13/2019 · by edward elgar. he wrote the popular hymns lead, and praise...
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12-13 October 2019
Portrait of
John Henry Cardinal Newman
by John Everett Millais, 1881
Today, October 13th, Blessed John Henry Newman will be
raised to the altars in Rome. Also canonized with Cardinal
Newman are
Sister Maria Teresa Chiramel Mankidiyan, from India,
founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy
Family,
Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini (born Giuditta Adelaide
Agata), founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus,
Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes (born Maria Rita), of
the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, and
Marguerite Bays, virgin, from Switzerland, of the Third
Order of Saint Francis of Assisi.
John Henry Cardinal Newman, (21 February 1801 – 11
August 1890) was a theologian and poet, first an Anglican
priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an
important and controversial figure in the religious history
of England in the 19th century. John Henry Newman has
been called the “absent Father of Vatican II” because his
writings on conscience, religious liberty, Scripture, the
vocation of lay people, the relation of Church and State,
and other topics were extremely influential in the shaping
of the Council’s documents.
Born in London, England, he studied at Oxford’s Trinity
College, was a tutor at Oriel College, and for 17 years was
vicar of the university church St. Mary the Virgin. He
eventually published eight volumes of Parochial and Plain
Sermons as well as two novels. Originally an evangelical
priest in the Church of England, Newman became drawn to
the high-church tradition of Anglicanism. He became
known as a leader of, and an able polemicist for, the Oxford
Movement, a persuasive group of Anglicans who wished to
return to the Church of England many Catholic beliefs and
liturgical rituals from before the English Reformation. In
this, the movement had some success. In 1845 Newman,
joined by some but not all of his followers, officially left the
Church of England and his teaching post at Oxford
University, and was received into the Catholic Church. He
was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an
prominent Catholic voice and a beloved pastor, based in
Birmingham, where in 1849 he founded an Oratory of St.
Philip Neri, the first house of that congregation in
England. In 1879, he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo
XIII in recognition of his services to the cause of
the Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in
the founding of the Catholic University of Ireland in 1854;
CUI in time evolved into University College Dublin, today
the largest university in Ireland.
Newman was also a literary figure of note: his major
writings including the Tracts for the Times (1833–1841), his
autobiography Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–1866),
the Grammar of Assent (1870), and the poem The Dream of
Gerontius (1865), which was set to music in 1900
by Edward Elgar. He wrote the popular hymns Lead,
Kindly Light and Praise to the Holiest in the Height (taken
from Gerontius).
Fr Ignatius Harrison, Provost of the Birmingham Oratory
which Newman founded, said when the news of canonization
reached him:
“Newman’s lifelong success in bringing others to Christ
shows us that the apostolate of Christian friendship achieves
much more by attracting people to the Lord than by
aggressive polemic. Newman’s long and incremental
spiritual pilgrimage shows us that God leads us to Himself
step by step, in ways that He customizes to our individual
needs, and in His own good time.”
Three years after Newman died, a Newman Club for
Catholic students began at the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia. In time, his name became linked to ministry
centers at many public and private colleges and universities
in the United States and throughout the world which
provide pastoral services and ministries to Catholics at non-
Catholic universities.
In 1833, John Henry Newman was a young Anglican
priest. Unable to return to England from Italy due to
illness, he penned the poem The Pillar and the Cloud,
which has become the hymn Lead, Kindly Light.
Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
Remember in your Prayers
All who are suffering or sick and all caregivers who minister
to the sick: Wesley Jackson, Sister Constance Ward, George
Cochran, Mark Anthony Turner, Richard Windsor, Deirdre
McQuade, Rachel Fisher, Isabel Howard, David Hoppe,
David, Shannon, and John Gwiazda; C. M., C.A., E.D., E.G.,
W.B., J.M., and J.G.
Please call or email the office to add a name to the prayer list.
Before calling, please be sure you have spoken to the
person [or a member of his family] about adding the
name—we do not want to inadvertently disregard
someone’s desire for privacy.
Names of those who are sick or suffering will be kept on the
list for one month; to keep a name on the list for longer, you
must email the parish office.
Mass Readings This Week 13 October [OT 28]
2 Kings 5: 14-17; Psalm 98: 1-4;
2 Timothy 2: 8-13; Luke 17: 11-19
14 October Callistus I, Pope, and Martyr
Romans 1: 1-7; Psalm 98: 1-4; Luke 11: 29-32
15 October Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Romans 1: 16-25; Psalm 19: 2-5; Luke 11: 37-41
16 October Hedwig, Religious; Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
Romans 2: 1-11; Psalm 62: 2-3, 6-7, 9; Luke 11: 42-46
17 October Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Romans 3: 21-30; Psalm 130: 1-6; Luke 11: 47-54
18 October Luke, Evangelist
2 Timothy 4: 10-17b; Psalm 145: 10-13, 17-18; Luke 10: 1-9
19 October Jean de Brebeauf and Isaac Joques, Priests, and
Companions, Martyrs
Romans 4: 13, 16-18; Psalm 105: 6-9, 42-43; Luke 12: 8-12
20 October [OT 29]
Exodus 17: 8-13; Psalm 121: 1-8;
2 Timothy 3:14--4:2; Luke 18: 1-8
Mass Intentions
Saturday, 12 October
Vigil of the Sunday
4:30 pm Edwin P. Smith
Sunday, 13 October
17th Sunday after Trinity [OT 28]
8 am Pro populo
9:30 am Maria Cacas + [Jane Slattery]
11 am Edward Guinivan and Companions [Susan White]
Monday, 14 October
Callistus I, Pope, and Martyr
9 am no public mass
Tuesday, 15 October
Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
9 am Msgr. Maurice V. O’Connell +
Wednesday, 16 October
Hedwig, Religious; Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
9 am James Donovan [Jane Slattery]
Thursday, 17 October
Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
9 am Mary Shugrue + [Kelsey Bloom]
Friday, 18 October
Luke, Evangelist
9 am Msgr. Maurice V. O’Connell +
Saturday, 19 October
Jean de Brebeauf and Isaac Joques, Priests, and
Companions, Martyrs
Vigil of the Sunday
4:30 pm Helen Donovan [Jane Slattery]
Sunday, 20 October
18th Sunday after Trinity [OT 29]
8 am Pro populo
9:30 am Eric Smith [Jane Slattery]
11 am Cora Guerrat [Rosemary Coller]
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